Overhead feed device.



W. I. RIGGS.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED M122, 1914.

1 1 22,644. Patented Dec. 29, 19 14.

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provide a simple and SAMUEL ROCKMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERHEAD FEED DEVICE.

Application filed August 17, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL Roo MAN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overhead Feed Devices, of whichthe following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for feeding electric surface cars from overhead wiring and it has for its objects among others to cheap, yet durable, efficient and reliable devicefor this purpose so constructed that the electrical connections between the car and the overhead feed wire cannot miss, and all possibility of the contact member slipping away from the wire is prevented. By my improved construction it is not necessary to pull the device down and around the cars to disconnect and connect the 'current,.as at the end of the route or when it is desired to change the direction of movement of the .car. In operating the device all that it is necessary to do is, to pull the same forward or backward, whichever way the car is to travel,

without disconnecting the current or putting the car in darkness while operating.

I provide means for carrying a lubricant to save wear on the wire and the contact member.

The feed device constructed in accordance with my invention'will prevent delays and effect a material saving in time.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a face view of my improvement shown attached to the top of the car. Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1 showing the contact member in engagement With the wire. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the line H of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the spring-engaging plate;

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the difi'erent views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a Specification of Letters Patent.

' of aluminum or Patented Dec. 29, 1914:. Serial No. 857,275.

members 6, 6 are shown as separate from the members 7, the adjacent ends of said members 6 and 7 being overlapped, as at 8, and fastened together in any suitable man ner, as by the bolts 9, although this is not essential as the members 6 and 7 may be integral with each other. It is advantageous, however, to have these members separate so that in case of damage to the contact member 4, the bolts 9 can be readily removed and a new member 4 substituted therefor without delay or any material expense. The contact member 4 may be made any other suitable material. The contact portion 4 may assume any suitable form in cross section, but in the I present instance it is shown as provided Wlth a groove 10 upon each side, designed to receive and carry a suitable lubricant to prevent wear 011 the wire or the member 4.

The side members 6, 6 are braced by the cross bars 11 secured at their ends to the said membersin any suitable manner and pendent from these bars at their point of intersection is a ring or the like 12 adapted to swing thereon and to which are adapted to be attached two ropes l3 and 14:, the one leading from the ring to the front of the car and the other leading from said ring to the rear of the car. These are for the purpose of setting the device toward the front or back at a slant, adjusting the same to the direction of movement of the car.

The ends of the members 7 extend up on opposite sides of one of the coils or convolutes of the spring and through an opening 15 in the plate 16 which is disposed above the spring, and through an opening in the plate 17 which is disposed within the spring, as seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The plates 16 and 17 are secured firmly together by means of the bolts 18 provided with the nuts 19, as seen in Fig. 3, which is on an enlarged scale, and through the ends of the members 7 are passed the rods 20 and 21 parallel with the spring and upon opposite sides of the lower i their upper openings 16, and are slotted for adjustable attachment to the sill. The projections 33 are of open hook form for detachable engagement with the journal bars 15, in order that the scoop board can be lifted from the wagon body when said board is in open or substantially horizontal position.

The back of the scoop-board, above the hinges 18 of the end gate, is provided with a catch or hook 123, to hold the end in raised or open position.

The improvement is designed chiefly to facilitate unloading grain from a wagon. The scoop-board is detachable from the wagon body when the latches 8 are unfastened and it is turned back on the journals 15 to open position. The scoop-board is attached to the wagon body by said latches and its bottom hook projections .33 detachably engaging said journals. The end gate is held closed a ainst the scoop board by its hinges and by the engagement of the projections 27 with the hooks 3 of the scoopboard. When the hooks 3 are disengaged the end gate can be raised toward the back of the scoop-board and attached thereto by the catch 13, so that the gate opening is free for dumping or unloading. In order to use the scoop-board for unloading, the end gate being closed and connected thereto by the hooks 3, so that its inner surface is in the plane of the inner surface of the board, the latches S are uni'astened and the board is turned backward and downward on the journals of the bracket, bearings 31, which engage the projections of the plates 4: of said board. At the same time, the rod hooks 9 are drawn through the rings 01 the brackets 6, and, when the board is lowered to position for scooping, automatically engage'said rings by their hook ends and hold the board in lowered position, with its bearing plates 4L in engagement with the bracket bearings 31 of the sill of the wagon body. The hook plates and the bracket bearings facilitate the connection of the scoop board to the Wagon body, after removal, as these plates mark the parts to be brought together, and serve to take the shock and wear.

I claim:

In a wagon, having a sill and a detachable scoop board provided with downward extensions and lateral rod hooks, a hinged end gate between said downward extensions and having lateral'horizontal projections, journal bearing plates on the wagon sill, brackets secured to said downward extensions of the scoop board and having each an upper rear projection, a downward extending hook detachably engaging the journal bearing plate and an elongated lateral upward projection extending above the bracket and having a comparatively long interval of separation from the side of the scoop board, said horizontal projections of the end 7 gate having each supporting engagement with said rear upper projection, and each lateral rod hook extending obliquely across the side of the scoop. board within said interval and having engagement with said lateral upward projection.

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. RIGGS.

Witnesses HENRY J. VVrGeINs, WM. A. ELLIOTT..

Ooplu of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, .D. G. 

